Make A Splash

My youngest daughter recently celebrated her 2nd birthday.  She has always loved the water and been fond of Ariel, so I thought The Little Mermaid would be an appropriate theme for her party.

Invitation

My favorite part of planning this party was picking out the party favors.  There were both boy and girl guests, which made things a bit tricky.  However, after visiting Party City and some other fav stores,  I was pretty satisfied.  The girls received a cup of goodies including: Ariel socks, necklace/bracelet set, purple flower clippie, stickers, aquatic life gummies, purple tiara, and Ariel activity pack.  The boys received a beach pail filled with: sunglasses or goggles, fish bubbles, sand castle mold, stickers, under the sea dry-erase placemat, inflatable fish and aquatic life gummies.  All young guest also took home a Little Mermaid audio cd complete with music and story.

Being that this was a March birthday party and we could not go outside to play, I thought it would be fun to do an art activity.  All the kids made their own sand art creation.  It was neat to see each child's design and they seemed to enjoy showing off their artwork as well.  Needless to say, the birthday girl had a blast at her 2nd birthday party.

An Easy Decision

Yesterday, before we left for church, my daughters each picked out their hair accessories as a special treat.  My oldest daughter has really been trying to match her outfit with her hair accessories and her shoes.  At three years of age, she seems to think that everything she wears must match.  I don't know where she got that idea from?  She chose a pair of purple butterfly clippies. The black and white matched her black and white dress.  As for the purple butterflies, purple is her favorite color, and she just could not resist.

Purple Butterfly clippies

My youngest daughter, however, is not as into fashion just yet.  As many 18 month olds do, she absolutely adores Elmo.  If she could, she would wear her Elmo t-shirt everyday.  Naturally, she chose an Elmo barrette to wear to church (with her Elmo shirt, of course).

Elmo barrette (also available as a clippie)

OBSERVATION:  When my daughters' choose their own hair accessories they actually stay in their hair all morning long!